Dr Aigul BaltabaevaCardiology in West London
Professional statement
Dr Aigul Baltabaeva is a successful consultant cardiologist based in London who specialises in valvular heart disease, hypertension and chest pain alongside echocardiograms, cardiac MRI and blood pressure tests. She practices privately at Harefield Hospital in West London and for Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust.
Dr Baltabaeva has extensive clinical and research experience, with a thoroughly professional outlook regarding her work. She prides herself in excellent time management and interpersonal skills, which allow her to maintain a high volume of clinical activities in outpatient and inpatient settings. She is also passionate about remaining at the frontline of cardiac imaging.
Her contribution to innovating the cardiology field has seen her introduce various facilities, including the planning and introduction of a sonographer-led valve service, at the hospitals she has worked at. She operates in close collaboration with cardiothoracic surgeons and structural interventional cardiologists as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality care and implement new technologies. This agility has helped her to transfer to online platform during the COVID 19 pandemic.
Having graduated from Kyrgyz State Medical Institute with honours, she successfully completed PhD work studying arrhythmias in hypertension. After winning a prestigious international research award in 2002, she moved to London where she widened her research and clinical experience at St George’s Hospital, London.
Dr Baltabaeva's research is well-published and presented broadly as she has written over 20 peer-reviewed papers and more than 50 competitive abstracts. She has led a large trial on incidence of mitral valve disease in heart failure patients.
She has been an invited speaker at national and international conferences. She is a clinical and education supervisor to junior doctors, students and technicians. Dr Baltabaeva has organised numerous research and clinical meetings and has been a faculty member both nationally and internationally.
Dr Baltabaeva has extensive clinical and research experience, with a thoroughly professional outlook regarding her work. She prides herself in excellent time management and interpersonal skills, which allow her to maintain a high volume of clinical activities in outpatient and inpatient settings. She is also passionate about remaining at the frontline of cardiac imaging.
Her contribution to innovating the cardiology field has seen her introduce various facilities, including the planning and introduction of a sonographer-led valve service, at the hospitals she has worked at. She operates in close collaboration with cardiothoracic surgeons and structural interventional cardiologists as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality care and implement new technologies. This agility has helped her to transfer to online platform during the COVID 19 pandemic.
Having graduated from Kyrgyz State Medical Institute with honours, she successfully completed PhD work studying arrhythmias in hypertension. After winning a prestigious international research award in 2002, she moved to London where she widened her research and clinical experience at St George’s Hospital, London.
Dr Baltabaeva's research is well-published and presented broadly as she has written over 20 peer-reviewed papers and more than 50 competitive abstracts. She has led a large trial on incidence of mitral valve disease in heart failure patients.
She has been an invited speaker at national and international conferences. She is a clinical and education supervisor to junior doctors, students and technicians. Dr Baltabaeva has organised numerous research and clinical meetings and has been a faculty member both nationally and internationally.
Clinics
Harefield Hospital
West London, Hill End Road, Harefield, UB9 6JHMedical insurances accepted
Credentials
Professional experience
- 33 years of experience
- Consultant cardiologist, The Royal Brompton and Harefield Foundation Trust (July 2012 - present)
Subspecialties
- Heart valve disease
- Hypertension
Professional memberships
- Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) (2015)
- British Society of Cardiology (2014)
Education
- FESC, European Society of Cardiology (2010)
- EAE Echo Accreditation, European Association of Echocardiology (2009)
Teaching posts
- Clinical Lecturer in Cardiology and General Medicine, Kyrgyz State Medical Academy with clinical base at the National Centre of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (January 1999 - January 2000)
- Head of Research Group, Kyrgyz State Medical Academy with clinical base at the National Centre of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (January 1999 - January 2000)
Publications and conferences
- 1. Eshan Ashcroft, Otar Lazariashvili, Jonathan Belsey, Max Berrill, Pankaj Sharma and Aigul Baltabaeva. Right ventricular ejection fraction as predictor of outcome in acute heart failure using RV ellipsoid model: A retrospective analysis of a prospective cross-sectional study. JRSM Cardiovascular Disease, 2021, Volume 10: 1–7
- 2. M Berrill , J Karaj , G Zamfir , J Coleman , R Mason , S Akbar , S Sharma , F Sheehan, K Dhamija, FSaltissi , A Baltabaeva & S Saikia. Chest radiographs may assist in predicting the outcome in the early phase of Covid-19. UK district general hospital experience of Covid-19 first wave, Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, 2020.
Prizes and awards
- IDB Scholarship, Islamic Development Bank Post-Doctoral Fellowship (open to all Sciences). There were only 93 successful applicants from more than 20,000 applications representing 35 countries over the period of five years. (2002)
- President’s Award, Annual Awards for Progress in Scientific Research (all branches of Science) (2002)
Languages spoken
- English
- Russian
Registration number: 6131311
Reviews
All reviews are from real patients and have been verified by our Customer Service department to ensure they meet our guidelines. Rules of the service
- Would you recommend this doctor?
- Treatment of the doctor
- Treatment of the staff
- Waiting time
- Condition of facilities
- Dr Baltabaeva was very reassuring and put me at ease, very Knowledgeable and thorough, explained everything very clearly and gave good advice.
- Dr Aigul Baltabaeva was very nice and helpful. She was thorough in looking into my situation and was able to provide me with the reassurance I needed. I really appreciate her help. She was very lovely and attentive. The facility was clean and staff welcoming.
- Very friendly reception and Dr Bal
- Really the top Doctor: no doubt that highly knowledgeable, treat with lots of attention, caring and effective. Pleasure to deal with. Definately can recommend!
- Thanks
- The whole experience was great the reception staff were welcoming and friendly. Dr Baltabaeva was brilliant and got to the bottom of my problem.
- I could not answer all the questions as three didn't apply. Dr Baltabaeva is a lady obviously at the top of her game and the information she gave me and suggestions moving forward concise and logical. I will be following her advice and look forward to meeting her in February.
- I am sincerely grateful to Dr Baltabaeva for the consultation I have received. Dr Baltabaeva is a very experienced cardiologist, she is attentive and regardful to her patients and explains their health problems to them in an accessible way. Thank you Doctor!
- I am very grateful to Dr Baltabaeva for the consultation I have received. She is a very experienced cardiologist, attentive and regardful to her patients and explains their problems in an accessible way. Thank you Doctor!!!